Below is a list of websites pertaining to the United States Government.
Comprehensive Sites:
- GovInfo
- Provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
- USA.GOV
- The U.S. government's official web portal.
Other Links:
- GovSpeak
- A guide to Government Acronyms & Abbreviations
- Congressional Information Pathfinder
- A basic introduction to U.S. Congressional publications and a finding aid to their location
- Virtual CD-ROM/Floppy Disk Library(CIC)
- Public access and preservation services for CD-ROMs, DVDs, and floppy disks distributed by the GPO.
- Governmentattic.org
- Copies of thousands of interesting Federal Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
- Indiana Light Archive for Federal Documents
- A partnership between the Indiana GPO Depositories Libraries whose goal is a single archive collection of all federal documents housed in a secure facility with environmental controls that will lengthen those documents lives.
- Popular Names of U.S. Government Reports
- "Since many government publications become known by short titles that appear nowhere on the piece, and since libraries catalog them under institutional titles, a device for tying the two together is needed."
- Presidential Information Pathfinder
- Guides to finding information about and by the Presidents of the United States.
Federal Government Sites:
Branches of Government
- Judicial Branch
- Legislative Branch
- House
- Senate
- ProQuest Congressional
- Thomas (which will soon be completely replaced by Congress.gov.)
- Executive Branch
Departments and Selected Agencies
- Agriculture
- Commerce
- Defense
- Education
- Energy
- Health & Human Services
- Homeland Security
- Housing & Urban Development
- Interior
- Justice
- Labor
- State
- Transportation
- Treasury
- Veterans Affairs
- Executive Agencies
- Independent Agencies